Analytical approaches to the description of optical microresonator devices

Hammer, M. and Hiremath, K.R. and Stoffer, R. (2004) Analytical approaches to the description of optical microresonator devices. In: Microresonators as Building Blocks for VLSI Photonics, 18-25 October 2003, Erice, Italy.

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Abstract:	Optical ring resonators are commonly discussed on the basis of a frequency-domain model, that divides a resonator into coupler elements, ring cavity segments, and the straight port waveguides. We look at the assumptions underlying this model and at its implications, including remarks on reciprocity/symmetry arguments, the general power transfer characteristics, the resonance condition, the spectral distance and width of the resonances, the quantities that describe the resonator performance, and a few remarks about tuning. A survey of bend mode properties and a coupler description in terms of coupled mode theory fills the abstract notions of the model. As an example for devices that rely on a standing wave principle, in contrast to the traveling waves found in the microrings, we consider in less detail microresonators with square or rectangular cavity shapes. Also here a frequency domain coupled mode theory can be applied that opens up simple possibilities to characterize resonant configurations.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/65074
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1764013
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